Pergamon and the Hellenistic kingdoms of the ancient world / edited by Carlos A. Picón and Seán Hemingway.
Picón, Carlos A., editor.; Hemingway, Seán A., editor.; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), issuing body.
2016
DS156.P4 P47 2016 (Mapit)
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Title Pergamon and the Hellenistic kingdoms of the ancient world / edited by Carlos A. Picón and Seán Hemingway.
ISBN 9781588395870 (hardcover)
1588395871 (hardcover)
Published New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2016]
Distributor New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
Language English
Language Note Includes translations from French, German, Greek and Italian.
Description xxi, 346 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Call Number DS156.P4 P47 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 939/.21
Summary The Hellenistic Age spanned the three momentous centuries from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. to the crowning of Emperor Augustus and the establishment of the Roman Empire. This illustrated volume examines the rich diversity of art forms -- including sculpture in marble, bronze, and terracotta; gold jewelry; engraved gems; and coins -- throughout the Hellenistic kingdoms of ancient Greece, and especially in the great city of Pergamon (in present-day Turkey). Featuring more than 250 objects from major museums around the world, including the renowned collection from the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, and essays by an international team of specialists, this book describes the historical context in which these works of art were created, and provides a new understanding of this period of artistic accomplishment.
Note Catalog of the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 18-July 17, 2016.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-337) and index.
Added Author Picón, Carlos A., editor.
Hemingway, Seán A., editor.
Added Corporate Author Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), issuing body.
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Introduction / Carlos A. Picón
Art in the age of Alexander / Ariel Herrmann
Symbols of power : Kings, hetairoi, and common people in the kingdom of Macedonia / Polyxeni Adam-Veleni
The German excavations at Pergamon : A chronology / Ursula Kästner
Pergamon and the Attalids / Volker Kästner
Commemorations of victory : Attalid monuments to the defeat of the Galatians / Massimiliano Papini
The Pergamon altar : Architecture, sculpture, and meaning / Andreas Scholl
Earthy arts : Vases, terracottas, and small bronzes / Joan R. Mertens
Trends in Hellenistic sculpture / Kiki Karoglou
Hellenistic royal portraiture on coins / George Kakavas
Royal patronage and the luxury arts / Christopher S. Lightfoot
Seafaring, shipwrecks, and the art market in the Hellenistic age / Seán Hemingway
Greek art on Rome : A new center in the first century B.C. / Paul Zanker
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